KITE (Kansas City)

KITE
Frequency1590 kHz
Programming
AffiliationsMutual Broadcasting System (evenings)
Ownership
OwnerFirst National Television, Inc.
History
First air date
December 31, 1934[1]
Last air date
October 8, 1942[2]
Former call signs
W9XBY (1934–1936)
KXBY (1936–1938)
KITE (1938–1942)
KXKX (June–October 1942)
Former frequencies
1530 kHz (1934–1941)
Technical information
Power1,000 watts

KITE was a Kansas City, Missouri AM radio station, which broadcast from 1934 to 1942. It was initially one of four "high-fidelity" stations broadcasting above 1500 kHz, then the upper end of the broadcast band, in the 1930s, first as W9XBY and later as KXBY and KITE. It transitioned to standard operations in 1941 and changed its call letters to KXKX in July 1942, before going off the air on October 9 of that year.

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